Once And For All

Definition: Once And For All

Once And For All

Adverb

1. In a conclusive way; "we settled the problem conclusively".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Once And For All

Choice

Adverb: optionally; Adjective: at pleasure; (will); either the one or the other; or at the option of; whether or not; once and for all; for one's money.

There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all. (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

And if that's what it takes to get them out of here once and for all, then I am prepared to make the sacrifice! (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

No! I am going to end your hunger once and for all. (Transformers; writing credit: George Arthur Bloom; Doug Booth)

I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Let's settle this once and for all, runt! (Back to the Future Part III; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

Things cannot be destroyed once and for all. (Chapter 24; performing artist: Pink Floyd)

Once and for all lets get this straight (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith)

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Books

• ENDGAME: Solving the Iraq Problem -- Once and For All (reference)

• Getting to the Heart of the Matter: How to Resolve Ongoing Conflicts in Your Marriage Once and for All (reference)

• Moving to the Country Once and for All (reference)

• Resolving Conflict Once and for All : A Practical How-To Guide to Mediating Disputes (reference)

• The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Once and for All (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

një herë e mirë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نهائيا وعلى نحو حاسم, ‏الي الأبد. (various references)

Bulgarian 

веднъж завинаги. (various references)

Czech

jednou provždy (once for all). (various references)

French

définitivement. (various references)

German

ein für allemal (once for all). (various references)

Hebrew 

אחת לתמי�". (various references)

Hungarian

egyszer, s mindenkorra. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ずばずば言う (decidedly, decisively, frankly, to speak one's mind, to speak very frankly, unreservedly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ずばり (decidedly, decisively, frankly, unreservedly). (various references)

Pig Latin

onceay anday orfay allay

Russian 

раз и навсегда. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

jednom zauvek. (various references)

Spanish

de una vez por todas. (various references)

Swedish

en gång för alla (once and away). (various references)

Thai

เป็นครั้งสุ�"ท้าย. (various references)

Turkish

son olarak (eventual, finally, last, lastly, terminally). (various references)

Turkmen 

dьяpleяin (forever), dьяpgцter (forever). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: colonnade, farandole, nondollar, olecranon.

-5 letters: anconeal, calendal, calendar, canalled, canaller, canoodle, carolled, colander, collared, condoler, condoner, conelrad, falconer, falderal, falderol, flancard, folderol, foreland, nonfocal, nonlocal, ordnance.